Evil Ways
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"Evil Ways" is a Latin rock song popularized by Santana, known for its fusion of rock, jazz, and Afro-Latin rhythms and its prominent organ and guitar solos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Evil Ways canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6476136 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evil Ways Context triple: [Santana, notableSong, Evil Ways]
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A.
Touch the Devil
Touch the Devil is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring espionage, terrorism, and high-stakes covert operations.
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B.
D’Evils
"D’Evils" is a dark, introspective track by Jay-Z from his debut album "Reasonable Doubt," exploring the moral conflicts and corrupting influence of street life and the pursuit of wealth.
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C.
Bad Meets Evil
Bad Meets Evil is an American hip hop duo consisting of rappers Eminem and Royce da 5'9", known for their intricate lyricism and aggressive, rapid-fire delivery.
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D.
Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil is an adventure novel by Wilbur Smith set in German East Africa during World War I, blending high-stakes action with historical drama.
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E.
Mysterious Ways
"Mysterious Ways" is a funk-influenced rock song by U2, released as a single from their 1991 album Achtung Baby and known for its distinctive guitar effects and danceable groove.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evil Ways Target entity description: "Evil Ways" is a Latin rock song popularized by Santana, known for its fusion of rock, jazz, and Afro-Latin rhythms and its prominent organ and guitar solos.
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A.
Touch the Devil
Touch the Devil is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring espionage, terrorism, and high-stakes covert operations.
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B.
D’Evils
"D’Evils" is a dark, introspective track by Jay-Z from his debut album "Reasonable Doubt," exploring the moral conflicts and corrupting influence of street life and the pursuit of wealth.
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C.
Bad Meets Evil
Bad Meets Evil is an American hip hop duo consisting of rappers Eminem and Royce da 5'9", known for their intricate lyricism and aggressive, rapid-fire delivery.
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D.
Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil is an adventure novel by Wilbur Smith set in German East Africa during World War I, blending high-stakes action with historical drama.
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E.
Mysterious Ways
"Mysterious Ways" is a funk-influenced rock song by U2, released as a single from their 1991 album Achtung Baby and known for its distinctive guitar effects and danceable groove.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Santana (1969 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Carlos Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartedIn | Billboard Hot 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Clarence "Sonny" Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfSingleRelease | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late 1960s rock ⓘ |
| firstReleaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| genre |
Afro-Latin rock
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Latin rock ⓘ jazz rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
Hammond organ
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bass guitar ⓘ congas ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ timbales ⓘ |
| hasKey | G minor (Santana version, commonly cited) ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
plea for change in a partner's behavior
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romantic relationship conflict ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
Afro-Cuban percussion
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call-and-response vocals ⓘ extended guitar solo ⓘ organ-driven melody ⓘ syncopated Latin rhythms ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStructure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasSignatureRiff | organ and guitar unison line in the intro ⓘ |
| hasTempo | medium tempo ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Santana (1969 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | Latin rock ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fusion of rock, jazz, and Afro-Latin rhythms
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prominent guitar solo ⓘ prominent organ solo ⓘ |
| notablePerformance | Woodstock-era Santana concerts ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Willie Bobo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Santana live performance repertoire ⓘ |
| peakChartPosition | 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| performer | Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseYearAsSingle | 1969 ⓘ |
| writer | Clarence "Sonny" Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Evil Ways Description of subject: "Evil Ways" is a Latin rock song popularized by Santana, known for its fusion of rock, jazz, and Afro-Latin rhythms and its prominent organ and guitar solos.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Santana